Apple Picking in Rhinebeck, NY

The trees at Cedar Heights Orchard, in Rhinebeck, New York, have truly deep roots — for nearly 70 years, they've been tended by three generations of the Morris family. The fruit of all that labor? It makes for scrumptious desserts, salads, roasts, and more.

The Apple-Picking Owners

The Apple-Picking Owners

"I've got apples under my skin — and I doubt that's ever going to change," says Arvia Morris (left). In fact, the fruit is practically part of her DNA. Cedar Heights Orchard, the farm she runs with husband Bill Morris, is as much a family heirloom as the varieties that grow there. Arvia's father, Robert Crosby, purchased the original 175-acre spread in the 1940s. And ever since, she's spent weekends and summers on its rolling hills in New York's bucolic Hudson River Valley.

Pick Your Own Apples

Pick Your Own Apples

Since the family can't possibly eat all the fruit they grow, they open the orchard every September and October as a pick-your-own business. For details, go to rhinebeckapples.com. Or to find a farm near you, visit pickyourown.org.